A sobering Australian road safety video

**Macontour** · 23rd October 2012, 20:36

A couple of very powerful Australian Road safety videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Z2mf8DtWWd8

Lots of other road safety vids there, a couple for the ATGATT proponents, a couple about speed and so on.

**Tigadee** · 24th October 2012, 10:21

A lot more graphic than the ones here, and it seems more effective too...

**Maha** · 24th October 2012, 10:35

Way ahead of any road safety advert ever seen here in NZ...(spotted Swaine from Sea Patrol acting in the vid)
I have the odd alcholic drink and got on the bike and rode home before today...
Been along time though, haven't done it in several of years now..
I don't condone it, but know those who will have a beer or two with food...will that do any harm?..don't know that answer to that.
I am more of an OJ or Cranberry juice drinker now....leave the beer for the bike is turned off for the day.

**oneofsix** · 24th October 2012, 10:41

Originally Posted by Tigadee

A lot more graphic than the ones here, and it seems more effective too...

We've had some graphic ones too like the two country lads in the ute but all ours are car based. They run motorcycle focused ads

I like the put yourself in the motorcyclists position one

some of the others are sobering.

**JimO** · 24th October 2012, 10:58

you can make the adds as graphic as you like, same as putting shocking pics on ciggy packets and all the other deterrents and you can make lifejackets compulsory on boats, there is always going to be the people who feel its not going to happen to them and will carry on doing as they like, we all know texting while driving is dangerous and yet i see probably 4 or 5 people texting while they drive every day

**oneofsix** · 24th October 2012, 11:18

Originally Posted by JimO

you can make the adds as graphic as you like, same as putting shocking pics on ciggy packets and all the other deterrents and you can make lifejackets compulsory on boats, there is always going to be the people who feel its not going to happen to them and will carry on doing as they like, we all know texting while driving is dangerous and yet i see probably 4 or 5 people texting while they drive every day

You have a point there JimO, relevance, and the one that most of the ads fall down on is getting a bit 'unrealistic', pushing their barrow a bit too far. Would have doing 68 instead of 60 been that benifical when in fact it was the car drivers failure to see him and being faster instead he would have been clear of the intersection before the car got there the same as being slower meaning the car had gone, (refers to one of their bike ads but also similar to one of our ads 60 becomes 50 umm funny that.)

**caspernz** · 24th October 2012, 14:30

Yep that's pretty graphic. Pointless too though, as for 90% of people this is the sort of thing that happens to "other people" instead of themselves...

**Bass** · 24th October 2012, 17:05

Originally Posted by JimO

you can make the adds as graphic as you like, same as putting shocking pics on ciggy packets and all the other deterrents and you can make lifejackets compulsory on boats, there is always going to be the people who feel its not going to happen to them and will carry on doing as they like, we all know texting while driving is dangerous and yet i see probably 4 or 5 people texting while they drive every day

But nothing that we do will work for everyone.

Thats no excuse at all to do nothing, which is what you appear to be advocating.

**JimO** · 24th October 2012, 17:24

Originally Posted by Bass

But nothing that we do will work for everyone.

Thats no excuse at all to do nothing, which is what you appear to be advocating.

not at all just saying some people cant be told

**James Deuce** · 24th October 2012, 17:27

Motorcyclists get muntered in accidents? I had NO idea! Someone alert the authorities!

**Drew** · 24th October 2012, 17:31

Originally Posted by James Deuce

Motorcyclists get muntered in accidents? I had NO idea! Someone alert the authorities!

Things are a fuckin hazard man, get rid of them!

**Scuba_Steve** · 24th October 2012, 17:45

makes you wonder why we piss moneys away on our own pathetically inferior propaganda... We should just piggyback off TAC, be cheaper & more effective.
Like people have pointed out most will be ignored or under "won't happen to me banner", but IMO ones like the no-gear bike & especially scooter ones shown on reg basis will have the "skins" thinking about their choice of gear a little more.
Also their ads appear to be much more realistic & hard hitting, more likely to make an impact. Rather than our "dave" & "ghost chips" which just become nothing more than jokes.

**allycatz** · 24th October 2012, 17:55

I think it somes up very well what families go through when you experience death of a loved one first hand...it brought back a lot of deep feelings watching it including the policeman crying in my kitchen

**SMOKEU** · 24th October 2012, 17:58

Originally Posted by allycatz

I think it somes up very well what families go through when you experience death of a loved one first hand...it brought back a lot of deep feelings watching it including the policeman crying in my kitchen

Who passed away?